Actor: Olga Lindo

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Birthday: 1899-07-13
Born in: London, England
Biography: Olga Helena Frances Lindo was born in London at the end of the Victorian era to Frank and Marion (née Wakeford) Lindo. She had one brother Reginald David Marion Lindo (1900-72). Her father was a well-known actor-manager and author. It was no surprise then when Olga made her stage debut aged just fourteen in The Sleeping Beauty Re-Awakened at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane in London's Covent Garden. She joined her father's touring company taking on a wide range of roles. By 1925 she had been described as formibable by the Times for her portrayal of Sadie Thompson in Maugham's Rain at the Garrick Theatre. Her range was extrordinary and she graced the London stage for over half a century. Whilst not her first love she also had a very successful screen career. Olga Lindo died in London in 1968 aged 69.

Known for

Obsession

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.
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An Inspector Calls

An upper-crust family dinner is interrupted by a police inspector who brings news that a girl known to everyone present has died in suspicious circumstances. It seems that any or all of them could have had a hand in her death. But who is the mysterious Inspector and what can he want of them?
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An Inspector Calls

1954

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Sapphire

Two Scotland Yard detectives investigate the murder of a young woman of mixed race who had been passing for white. As they interview a spate of suspects -- including the girl's white boyfriend and his disapproving parents -- the detectives wade through a stubbornly entrenched sludge of racism and bigotry.
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Yield to the Night

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.
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Yield to the Night

1956

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I See a Dark Stranger

Determined, independent Bridie Quilty comes of age in 1944 Ireland thinking all Englishmen are devils. Her desire to join the IRA meets no encouragement, but a German spy finds her easy to recruit. We next find her working in a pub near a British military prison, using her sex appeal in the service of the enemy. But chance puts a really vital secret into her hands, leading to a chase involving Bridie, a British officer who's fallen for her, a German agent unknown to them both, and the police...paralleled by Bridie's own internal conflicts.
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I See a Dark Stranger

1946

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Train of Events

A train disaster is told in four short stories to give character studies of the people involved, how it will affect them and how they deal with it.
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Train of Events

1949

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Time Flies

The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill (George Moon) also on board. They are transported to Elizabethan England where they come across Walter Raleigh, William Shakespeare, Queen Elizabeth 1, Captain John Smith and Pocohontas. Will our time travellers return?
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Time Flies

1944

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Out of the Fog

Scotland Yard is thrown into an uproar when a mad killer begins knocking off beautiful young blondes.
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Out of the Fog

1962

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Night Boat to Dublin

British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.
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Night Boat to Dublin

1946

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Luck of the Navy

With Britain on the brink of war, an enemy spy plans to steal secret documents and lay the blame on Clive Stanton.
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Luck of the Navy

1938

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